Auditions – The Competition is Fierce
The Competition is Fierce Auditions The Competition is Fierce a new play by Sebastien Archibald produced by ITSAZOO Productions – directed by Chelsea Haberlin. Rehearsals begin February 10 and the run is from March 3-22. Actors must also be available for a workshop September 15-19. Must be comfortable with partial nudity. Both Equity and non-Equity […]
Rock N’ Roll was Dropped Like a Bomb
One of the best things about the time and location in which Mojo is set ,1958 London, is the music. Rock n’ Roll was sweeping across America and London was riding that wave. Chuck Berry sang ‘Hail, hail, rock and roll, deliver me from the days of old’ and that’s exactly what was happening. Rock’n’roll was dropped like […]
Meet the Studly Dudes in Mojo
We are into our second week of rehearsals for Mojo and it’s shaping up to be a pretty wicked show if I do say so myself. You may have seen our trailer and noticed all of the attractive, talented guys in the show and wondered to yourself ‘who are all these studly dudes?’. Here’s your […]
A Walk Down Memory Lane
For the past five years we have been very lucky to have free storage and rehearsal space in the basement of Avenue Florists on the North Shore. Because we had so much space we have been able to hang on to every costume and prop from the past five years. Sadly the flower shop was […]
Happy Holidays From The ZooCrew!
Thank you for your support of ITSAZOO! This has been by far our busiest and most successful year to date and we have generous donors like you to thank for that. We began our season by presenting Death of a Clown at the University of Victoria. Then in the spring we took Chairs: A […]
And That’s a Wrap Folks
ITSAZOO is wrapping up 9 months of consistent productions. Chairs: A Parable on tour, Bridge Mix, Chairs at The Neanderthal Festival, Stay Away From My Boat @$$hole at the Fringe and then Debts. It has been a VERY busy time. We feel super proud of what we’ve accomplished. We’ve grown as artists and as a […]
Up and Running!
After a fantastic night of 2 sold out opening night performances followed by too many celebratory drinksDebts is officially up and running. And tickets are selling super fast! Here are some of the fantastic shots that were taken at the dress rehearsal by Adam Fedyck. I think they look like they’re from a movie. If you’re […]
The Week before Opening
There is nothing quite like the rush a week before opening, especially on a site specific show. This is when problem solving becomes the term of the day. Things that should be simple never seem to work quite right and things that you never thought could work somehow fall in to place. There is always […]
The Haughty Mr. Poe
A guest blog post by Mr. Mack Gordon, Playwright and Director for Debts When approaching the stories of Edgar Allan Poe for adaptation, I came across a frequent stumbling block. His tales are rich in atmosphere and dense with theme but often have little to no narrative action. The Telltale Heart mostly revolves around a man explaining […]
Trusting Others
Up until now ITSAZOO has had a pretty concrete system when it came to producing shows. Sebastien would write them, Chelsea would direct them and Colby, Sebastien and some of the other crew would act in them. We have kept it very much in-house. Debts is the first time that we have handed over the […]
